Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1887-08-26
A Shouting Lady.

| Dten carelessly thrown aside, ana the
clay pipe which the old man had allow
ed to drop from his hand, plainly told
the story OF deep il not troubled
thought white man came along
and seeing the negro, stopped and thus
addressed him:
You seem to be taking it easy, old
man"
''Yas. sab, vas; an de steer mout
seem ter be takin' it easy an at de
same time be pulln' er powerful heavy
load"
Then | suppose you are not taking
It easyP"
Oats whit amt doin'. sah dat 5
ies zactly whit amt DOM"
Has anything gono wrong with
youP"
Anything 60 wrong wild Jonah
ven de sun came erlaung an killed
his gou'd vneP" tho old negro asked.
"Well. rather"
wall, it's ruther wild me. too"
Tell me what the trouble is, and
probably / can help you. My mission
in this life is to help others bear their
! burdens"
Wall, yer got yer hans full; dat s
whut got ter say bout dat projick.
doan think yer ken do me no good. sab.
My trouble is er family erfair"
'IndeedP"
"Yas, sab, indeed, an'-an'-an' eb-
erything else. Fl err man had de wife
Hat Use got an wouldn't knowledge
dat it wuz indeed he oughter be ed up
ter er tree an whipped wild er wet
hoop-pole.
How long have you been married."
'Oh, / Sc been maird- maird -pshaw,
rse been maird off on on eber sense
WIZ er chunk Ger boy. Do yer mean
how laung Use had de wife o. dc pre-
sent ercasion?"
"Yes, that's what | mean"
WALL sab, | amt had her but bout
six weeks, but it seems like 'ternitv to
me, It do. Acted er fool, sab; acted err
plum fool"
How 500"
by marin one o. desc we're shout
in niggers; dat's how so. I oughter
had better sense den dat, fur mout or
knowd dat dar nebber wuz 81 shoutin'
niger oman dat didn't lead her hus-
ban de life o dc maingyest sort O.
! dog"
why is she worse than any other
kind?"
"Doan AK me why, sab. It's ernuff
fur me ter know dat it's err fack. wv,
sah its bein' full o ole Satan dat
makes EN- shout. Oar nebber wuz er
.houtin' oman. white nur black, dat
wuzn' t easy ter make mad, an wild er
mighty straung hankern' fur slappin'
de chillun gwine and comm, Night
erfo las, dat lady whut maird shout
ed roun' de mourners' bench till late,
den come home an jos berkase I'd dun
/ furgot tor lock de smoke 'ouse,
snatched down a pow-line an larruped
me wild it till felt ershamed o her,
kaze spisc ter see er pusson dat claims
ter be 'ligious an gentle, ack in SIGH er
way ez dat"
why didn't you take the rope away
from herPn
wy d dn' de-de- de-w didn'
de Philadelphians take de jawbone err
way from SampsonP Kaze da couldn'.
sab; dat's de reason. Now, dat WIZ
las night. She want satisfied but
had ter ack er fool ergn. Shouted at
de church, sab; jumped from one bench
ter ernudder. an shouted an tuck on
like her hear, gwne ter bust open wild
lub right dar. an den traipsed right
straight home she did, an kaze had
dun furgot ter water de cabbage plants
she snatched up er elab-oard an
frailed me till nebber did feel so err
shamed o er pusson. wuz ershamed
ter knowledge, sab. dat she wus de
wife o. mer own hos ON an breas'."
II am sorry for you." said the white
man. II have come down here to
preach to you poor, deluded people.
and must advise you to trust in the
Lord. "
Hole on dar. sab; stop right whar
yer is. The negro arose. stop dar.
Use bin or preacher fur thirty-fi' yeahs
an now you comes erlaung an tells
me ter trus' in de Lawd wy, sab,
I'll pillow up de groun' wild yer. The
white man took to his heels. Hole
on dar! Oh, yer better mosey! Come
roun' heah 'visin' me whut ter do
Mex ter er shoutn' lady I spies err
fool. "-Arkdssd, Traveller.